Musli heaven!!

Thanks to my friend Annika Kolmert, we now eat
the healthiest Musli ever in the mornings! This receipe is one to take down and try at home. It will make you energetic and your tummy will get goin' for sure in the morning....! Very very yummy AND healthy! In Swedish and English in (parentises)

MüsliIngredienser:Beräknat för 20 portioner (20 portions)

4 dl rågflingor (Oat Bran)
5 dl havregryn (Oat Meal)
2 dl dinkelflingor (don't know translation but use anything grain)
2 dl boveteflingor (buchk wheat)
50 g valnötter (walnuts)
50 g mandel (almonds)
50 g hasselnötter ( hazel nuts)
2 dl solroskärnor (sunflowers)
1 dl kokosflingor (coconut flakes)
1 dl linfrön (flax seeds)
1 dl sesamfrön (sesame seeds)
1/2 dl honung/råsocker (honey/raw sugar)
3 msk rapsolja (vegetable oil/sunflower oil)
2,5 dl vatten (h2o)

Gör så här:Blanda ut honungen med vattnet och oljan. Arbeta in honungsvattnet med resten av ingredienserna. Fördela allt på en plåt. Rosta i 30 min på 200 grader och rör om minst var 10:e min. Låt svalna och rör ner 3 dl russin eller annan torkad frukt.

Preparation:Mix honey/raw sugar with water and oil. Work in the rest of the ingredients. Place everything on a baking tray and roast in the oven 200 degrees C. for 30 minutes - stir every 10 minutes. Let cool off and add 3 dl of raising (about 2 cups).

Voila!

These lovely moments....!

This morning I couldn't resist to grab the camera quickly to get Emmy's image on film as she just looked adorable in her full swimming gear outfit, winter hat and Thomas the train roller bag heading for the door! I wonder sometimes what ggoes on in these wonderful little minds...

Here's our fun girl showing off her outfit for the day - oh boy!

Babies I've never met... but really want to!!

Here we are in China and everyone is having a baby or had a baby which we've never met because we're so far away from all of you!!

Look at little Linnea who's just so adorable I can cry, and while Magnus has met her so many times now he lost count, I've NEVER met her! But I hear she's determined, happy and a wild one, just like her daddy, and cute as a button like mommy ofcourse!

Hey Linnea, one day you and I are going shopping and having our nails done... OK!

Big hugs from Aunti Lolo

Birthday girl!

So it feels a little special to celebrate my first birthday ever in China! 36 years old and happy as can be, I guess that's the best way to describe my life right now.

The picture is so depictive of Shanghai and China - the flag, the crane (something like 80% of the worlds' cranes are in Shanghai) and a little bit of the Shanghai skyline in the background. Magnus and I enjoyed a fantastic dinnner at the rooftop on M on the Bund downtown Shanghai. A perfect night!!

Pics are here!

Wedding anniversary

Magnus and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this year! 5 years filled with love, fun, hectic years with the kids and many crazy but fun changes, including our move to the other side of the world!

We spent the day and stayed overnight at Hotel 1 in Visby on Gotland having lots of fun at Kallis and a fantastic dinner at 50Kvadrat, voted best restaurant in Sweden in 2005. The food and the atmosphere was outstanding and we enjoyed the 10-course meal by chef Fredrik Malmstedt. And we got our traditionally signed menu by the chef too which we'll frame and hang on the wall with the other menus soon!

Lots of love to you my dear, forever!

Here are the pictures from our fun day celebrated in Visby.

L

Midsummer feast!

In the end of June, every man, woman and child in Sweden will be celebrating the Swedish Midsummer which is the most anticipated holiday of the whole year. The Midsummer tradition dates back to the pagans and is therefore celebrated in a somewhat premature way. The Swedes celebrate midsummer by eating raw fish, drinking copious amounts of vodka and dancing around a big phallus symbol while they pretend to be frogs... Well, we had great luck with the weather this year which is unusual for this particular festive moment and spent the day at Lovisa's parents farm 2 hours North of Stockholm. In great Nordstrom spirit everyone had to wear a hat during the dinner. Magnus got away with it and was OK with a flower in this hair instead!

Here are the pictures from the fun day! Midsummer party

Pregnant Beauties

I just love seeing pregnant women, they are so beautiful and so happy and glowing from miles away. Just take a look at Trish who's expecting twins, double glory! I couldn't be happier for her and Gabe and can't wait to see these little peanuts be born into this world!

To all my prego friends out there - keep glowing and lots of love to you!

L.

20-ars klasstraffsjubileum

Det var fantastiskt att fa traffa sa manga gamla vanner igen, hela 15 stycken blev vi pa kvallens festligheter, da klass 7-9G fran Thorildskolan i Kungalv firade 20-ars jubileum! Vi larde oss en hel del om varandra under kvallens lopp och jag forvanades, liksom manga andra, hur LIKA vi var till bade utseende och satt, tiden hade nastan statt stilla, enbart pa ett positivt och sjalvklart vis! Det blev nagra tal, manga skratt, roliga minnen (klassresans alla bravader till fd. Jugoslavien, killarnas present till reseledaren som hon skulle "bevara i sitt inre"(!), Ulricas "drogade" minut pa engelskalektionen, hur Dennis & Ulrika faktiskt blev kara i en tvattstuga, "Bengts" klosbilder som ar priceless)!

bilderna som min lillasyster Signe snallt nog tog under kvallen finns att beskada nedan:

http://picasaweb.google.com/tedestedt/Klasstraff9GGoteborg28Juni2008